Quotes 2001 till 2020 of 2164.
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What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution.
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What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better.
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What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.
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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
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What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us.
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.
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What's great about bacteria is you have a surprise every day waiting for you because they're so fast, they grow overnight.
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What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.
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What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity, intellect and resources - to do something about them.
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Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.
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When 'Blue Collar TV' was on the 'WB,' we were their second-highest rated show, but they didn't know what to do with us. They had 'Reba,' which was number one, and we were number two, and they didn't want to be known as the hayseed network, so they kind of dropped us, even though we were pulling great numbers.
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When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
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When AIDS hit, lots of people banded together to take care of each other and do what the government wasn't doing. When you grow up Jewish, as I have, you learn that everybody hates you, no one's going to help you, and you have to take care of yourself. That's a great maxim to the gay community, and we took it to heart; we took care of our own.
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When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute.
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When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
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When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
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